We were reading to our kids very early and they wanted to learn how to read just before they turned five. I taught them phonics first and they were reading in no time. Now I am reading to my one year old grandson who gets so excited when we open a book!
YEA!! Someone else isn’t lazy and is doing it right!
For others, they’ll find it to be the best investment they ever make in their lives, and not just the rewards of seeing the little ones read, but the very likely case of them going to well-paying jobs directly after college - they’ll never ask for a dime. In my case, my kids were through with college and off to well-paying jobs by age 20 (they skipped some grades).